Under the uneasy truce with the Veilbound Covenant, Aloysius delved into the ancient archives alongside Kaelis and Elyon. The tome's cryptic passages hinted at a lost civilization an era when gods and mortals coexisted, bound by sacred pacts that maintained the balance of the Radiant Veil.
"These pacts," Elyon said, tracing faded glyphs with reverence, "held the key to controlling the divine radiation without corruption."
Kaelis frowned. "But the pacts were broken, and the power fractured."
Aloysius's eyes narrowed. "If we can rediscover these pacts, maybe we can restore the veil before it tears completely."
Their research was interrupted by an urgent message: a distant outpost reported a surge of corrupted energy, threatening to unleash another wave of eldritch horrors.
Time was running out. The answers lay buried in the past but the cost of uncovering them might be more than they were ready to pay.